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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilbreedy (coshma By., Rockhill Ed)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In pasture, 32m NW of townland boundary with Cappanafaraha and enclosure (LI039-053----) lies 150m to SE. Depicted on OSi 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. c. 26m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by a bank with external fosse incorporated into post-1700 field boundary from SSE-S-W. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey recorded this monument as one of '4 ancient forts, one in the N and the other three in the SW' of the townland (OSNB Abbeyfeale to Bruree, 271). Monument overgrown with trees visible on the OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 8 April 2021

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